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Sri Lanka: Primary education, pupils

49.23percent · 2018+0.3% since 2008

Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at primary level include enrollments in public and private schools. Annual figures for Sri Lanka from 1970 to 2018.

19752018

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201849.234
201749.232
201649.126
201549.179
201449.183
201349.207
201249.238
201148.794
201049.088
200949.11
200849.079
200749.013
200649.019
200549.072
200450.791
200349.05
200248.892
200148.788
199848.499
199648.341
199548.238
199448.249
199348.289
199248.192
199148.19
199048.215
198948.277
198848.237
198748.198
198648.271
198548.252
198448.24
198348.198
198248.229
198148.131
198048.005
197847.293
197747.333
197647.333
197547.239
197149.305
197047.083

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Primary education, pupils. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-primary-education-pupils (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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